Mayor Jeffery Schielke Council Chairman City of Batavia

President John Skillman Council Vice-Chairman Village of Carpentersville

Kane Kendall January - February 2018 COM Newsletter www.kkcom.org In This Issue Road to Zero Grant Program Road to Zero The Road to Zero Coalition’s 2018 Safe System Innovation Grants cycle is now Grant Program...... pg 1 open until the end of January. Grants will be awarded in the spring. They are Save the Date...... pg 1 eager to advance the deployment of their Proven Safety Countermeasures, targeting local and rural roads through this grant program. State DOTs, local Regional Active Mobility Program...... pg 2 and municipal transportation agencies and others are eligible to apply. Proposals must cite the evidence of effectiveness on the project. Proposed New Bike Law...... pg 2 projects that link behavioral, roadway, or vehicle elements will be given Federal Recreational special consideration. Projects shall have measurable objectives and Trails Funding Program... pg 2 generalizable results. There is LRTP Survey Input...... pg 3 no limit on the number of grant proposals an organization can CMAP News...... pg 3 submit. More information, along with instructions on how to apply can Shared Mobility Summit be found here: Registration is Open https://goo.gl/nFX9rw Register now for the 2018 Shared Mobility Summit Save the Date! taking place March 12th - January 10 CMAP Board Meeting, 9:30 a.m. 14th in . Topics will cover the latest developments January 18 KKCOM Transportation Policy Committee in carsharing, shared 12:30 p.m. Kane County Goverment Center autonomous and electric January 19 CMAP Transportation Committee, 9:30 a.m. vehicles, bikesharing, senior January 23 CMAP COM Executive Committee, 9:30 a.m. mobility, and more. Visit January 24 CMAP STP Project Selection Committee, 9:30 a.m the Shared Mobility Summit February 14 CMAP Board Meeting, 9:30 a.m. page for more information February 20 CMAP COM Executive Committee, 9:30 a.m. and to register: http:// sharedusemobilitycenter. February 23 CMAP Transportation Committee, 9:30 a.m.

org/about/ Events are also listed on the KKCOM Events and News Page, kkcom.org/News.aspx For a complete CMAP meeting schedule visit, www.cmap.illinois.gov/events Regional Active Mobility Program The idea that grew out of the Fox Valley Sustainability Network’s Transportation and Economic Development Task Force is based on 1) the recommendations from other CMAP LTA plans such as the Fox River Corridor Plan, Aurora’s Downtown Master Plan and the Village of Carpentersville Impact Assessment, 2) the “Trail Town Fox Valley” Big Ideas Presentation by Trails For Illinois at GreenTown 2017 and 3) the success of Aurora’s Zagster bike share program, where are made available for shared use to individuals on a very short term basis. The program can be broken down into three main components: Bike Share, Wayfinding, and Tourism: Bike Share: The City of Aurora rolled out bike sharing with Zagster in 2016. The expansion of a bike share program through the region would be the back-bone of the Regional Active Mobility Program. Wayfinding: To encourage activity by bike share members, runners, walkers, and bicyclists alike the Regional Active Mobility Program would include a wayfinding program with consistent and user-friendly design elements throughout all the communities. Tourism: The first two components of the Regional Active Mobility Program lead to the third: growing mobility-based tourism and commerce. Mobility-based tourism, attractions centered around trails and other biking and amenities, holds a tremendous potential for increased commerce and economic development for communities. The RAMP team will begin working to encourage participation of all communities along the Fox River Trail. You can find out more information about Aurora’s RAMP on theirwebsite . If your agency is interested in participating in the program, please contact KKCOM staff and we will direct you to the appropriate contact. New Bike Law Effective January 1, 2018 This new bike law will go into effect on January 1, 2018 after passing in August of 2017. The new law states that a driver of a motor vehicle may overtake and pass to the left of a proceeding in the same direction on a portion of a highway designated as a no-passing zone when:

(1) the bicycle is traveling at a speed of less than half of the posted speed limit of the highway; (2) the driver is able to overtake and pass the bicycle without exceeding the posted speed limit of the highway; and (3) there is sufficient distance to the left of the centerline of the highway for the motor vehicle to meet the overtaking and passing requirements in the Code. It also allows any person operating a bicycle or motorized pedal cycle to use the shoulder of a roadway, and that the rear of a bicycle may be equipped with a lamp emitting a steady or flashing red light (rather than only a red light) visible from a distance of 500 feet in addition to or instead of a red reflector (rather than in addition to a red reflector). Federal Recreational Trails Program Funding Opportunity The Federal “Recreational Trails Program” (RTP), was created through the National Recreational Trail Fund Act (NRTFA) as part of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) and re-authorized by the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). This program provides funding assistance for acquisition, development, rehabilitation and maintenance of both motorized and non-motorized recreation trails. Examples of eligible project activities include: Trail construction and rehabilitation, restoration of areas adjacent to trails damaged by unauthorized trail users, construction of trail-related support facilities and amenities, acquisition from willing sellers of trail corridors through easements or fee simple title. The Federal Recreational Trails (RTP) grant program will be accepting applications from January 1, 2018 until 5pm on March 1, 2018.

Page 2 Long Range Transportation Plan Survey Input The update to the Kane County Long Range Transportation Plan continues. We have concluded the input exercises and the feedback collected over the past few months at various meetings will assist in the outcome of the update. The first two of four planning and prioritization workshops were conducted with the KKCOM Transportation Policy Committee on October 19th and the KKCOM Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee on October 25th. The third and fourth meetings took place at the Full Council Meeting on November 28, and the Ride in Kane Paratransit Meeting on December 5. KKCOM would like to thank everyone who participated in providing input over the past two months. All of the data gathered is invaluable in moving forward with the plan update. CMAP News CMAP Census Workshops CMAP will host its annual hands-on workshops introducing U.S. Census data use for urban planning, (CPUP). The primary goal of the CPUP program is to take the mystery and confusion out of navigating the U. S. Census Bureau website. Data users accomplish this through guided hands-on experience using the website. There are two parts to each program. First is a general introduction to the U.S. Census website. The second portion features more specific census data by topic areas shown below: • January 17, 2018 - Geography, Maps & Data • February 21, 2018 - Housing • March 21, 2018 - Poverty • April 18, 2018 - Health • May 16, 2018 - Medley (detailed data for variety of topics) Attendees are expected to either bring their own laptop or borrow one of three laptops available from CMAP free of charge on a first come, first served basis. Preregistration is required. All presentations will be held from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. at CMAP, (233 South Wacker Drive, Suite 800, Chicago, IL 60606). Contact Jon Hallas ([email protected] or 312-386-8764, for more information or to RSVP.

Transit Modernization and Innovation Congestion Pricing v A new CMAP strategy paper, Transit The Illinois Department of Transportation has Modernization and Innovation, explores how proposed adding two new congestion-priced innovation, investment, and modernization can lanes in each direction to manage congestion make our regional transit system successful for on the Stevenson Expressway. Congestion decades to come. Recommendations include pricing is GO TO 2040 recommendation, and CMAP supports this effort provided that any increasing funds for mass transit, ensuring public-private arrangement to execute the equitable access, creating smart public and plan is carefully structured to protect the public private partnerships, integrating land use interest. You can read more in the Chicago planning, and improving coordination across Tribune. The columbia Chronicle and WILL- transit agencies. Also available are strategy AM radio in Champaign-Urbana also recently papers on Highway Operations and Emerging reported on potential benefits and other Transportation Technology. considerations for implementing congestion pricing in the Chicago region.

ON TO 2050 social media: Continue to give CMAP your #2050BigIdeas on Twitter and Facebook or email CMAP directly at [email protected]. To Sign up for CMAP weekly updates, you can subscribe here. Page 3 Council Members Chairman Mayor Jeffery Schielke, City of Batavia Vice Chairman President John Skillman, Village of Carpentersville Municipal Members President John Schmitt, Village of Algonquin Mayor Richard Irvin, City of Aurora President Dean Hummell, Village of Big Rock President Bob Walsh, Village of Burlington President Harry Blecker, Village of Campton Hills President Lael Miller, Village of East Dundee President Jeffrey Walter, Village of Elburn Mayor Dave Kaptain, City of Elgin Mayor Kevin Burns, City of Geneva President Rick Zirk, Village of Gilberts President Jeffrey R. Magnussen, Village of Hampshire President Charles Sass, Village of Huntley President David Kovach, Village of Kaneville President Rick Overstreet, Village of Lily Lake Mayor Paul Pope, Village of Lisbon President Kathleen Curtis, Village of Maple Park President Jackie Lemmerhirt-Kowalski, Village of Millbrook President Doug Holley, Village of Millington President Matthew Brolley, Village of Montgomery President James Davis, Village of Newark President Dale Berman, Village of North Aurora President Gail Johnson, Village of Oswego President Steve Wiedmeyer, Village of Pingree Grove Mayor Bob Hausler, City of Plano Mayor June McCord, Village of Plattville Mayor Rick Olson, City of Sandwich President Stephen Pickett, Village of Sleepy Hollow President Steve Ward, Village of South Elgin Mayor Ray Rogina, City of St. Charles President Sean Michels, Village of Sugar Grove President Jamie LeBlanc, Village of Virgil President Eileen Phipps, Village of Wayne President Christopher Nelson, Village of West Dundee Mayor Gary Golinski, City of Yorkville County Members Chairman Chris Lauzen, Kane County Board Chairman Scott Gryder, Kendall County Board Carl Schoedel, County Engineer, Kane Co. Div. of Transportation Francis Klaas, County Engineer, Kendall Co. Highway Dept.

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